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Shield ExperienceApplication · Nvidia

CVE-2019-5682

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-08-06
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 8.0 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
NVIDIA Shield TV Experience prior to v8.0, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Games App where it improperly exports an Activity but does not properly restrict which applications can launch the Activity, which may lead to code execution or denial of service.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The NVIDIA Games App on Shield TV devices exports an Activity component without proper permission restrictions, allowing any installed application to launch it. This improper export enables a malicious app to trigger the Activity for arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by repeatedly launching the component.

MitigationUpdate NVIDIA Shield TV Experience to version 8.0 or later, which properly restricts the exported Activity or removes the improper export.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Shield ExperienceApplication
Affected:< 8.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm device is NVIDIA Shield TV
    Check the device model and manufacturer settings to verify the hardware is an NVIDIA Shield TV streaming device
    Affected if The device is not an NVIDIA Shield TV, then this CVE does not apply
  2. Check NVIDIA Shield Experience version
    Navigate to Settings > Device Settings > About > Shield Experience Version on the Shield TV, or run: adb shell getprop ro.build.version.incremental
    Affected if The Shield Experience version is below 8.0 (for example, 7.x.x or earlier)
  3. Verify NVIDIA Games App is installed
    Navigate to Settings > Apps > See all apps, or run: adb shell pm list packages | grep -i nvidia, look for an app related to games
    Affected if The NVIDIA Games or NVIDIA Games App package is installed on the device

A user is affected if they are running an NVIDIA Shield TV device with Shield Experience version below 8.0 that has the NVIDIA Games App installed.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 8.0 or later
Fixed in 8.0
Interim mitigation

Update NVIDIA Shield TV Experience to version 8.0 or later, which properly restricts the exported Activity or removes the improper export.

Fix this in Shield Experience Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
4.0 hours of engineering $750
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